Acknowledgments

Part 1: Context

Partisanship, Globalization, and Political-Economic Institutions in Labour Market Policy-Making

Welfare State, Production Regime, and Party System in Four Canadian Provinces

Historical and Federal Context of Canadian Labour Market Policy

Part 2: Case Studies

Ontario: Policy Continuity amid Institutional Uncertainty

Quebec: Legacies of Political-Economic Distinctiveness

British Columbia: Right Hegemony in a Polarized Liberal Polity

Alberta: One-Party Dominance and Neo-liberalism

Social Assistance and Employment: An Anomaly?

Part 3: Reflection

A Perspective from Abroad: Coordinative Institutions and Labour Market Reform in Germany
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Conclusion: Stepping Back and Looking Forward

Appendix: Criteria for Rating Labour Market Policy Change

Notes

Index

About the Author

Rodney Haddow is an associate professor in the Department of Political Science at the University of Toronto. Thomas R. Klassen is an associate proffessor in the department of Political Science at York University.

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